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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.37051

Preserved specimen of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2002-08-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.37051
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4031214","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.37051"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.37051
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Redman, D  
Supplied as "Redman, D"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1088078
Occurrence date 2002-08-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Borowski, 1781)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -29.78048
Supplied as: "-29.78048"
Longitude 153.29794
Supplied as: "153.29794"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Minnie Waters, 500 m S of township.
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Minnie Waters, 500 m S of township. (29° 46' 50" S, 153° 17' 53" E) 20/08/2002 - 20/08/2002, Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 46' 49.781" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 17' 52.631" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2012/12/18
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/12/18
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yuraygir
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence Valley- Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 68
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3216
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAFTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR - GRAFTON
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PAGE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YAMBA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARENCE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mixed chenopod, samphire +/- forbs

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1341.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 207.33333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 147.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 457.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.833332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 507.16666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.833334
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.766666 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.433332 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.85 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.833333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.516666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.45 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.216667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.795
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0